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This is the 2nd time they raised the price of Xbox consoles this year. You can guess why.

Xbox Series S 512 increased to $399.99 from $379.99
Xbox Series S 1TB increased to $449.99 from $429.99
Xbox Series X Digital increased to $599.99 from $549.99
Xbox Series X increased to $649.99 from $599.99
Xbox Series X 2TB Galaxy Black Special Edition increased to $799.99 from $729.99

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[–] missingno@fedia.io 8 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Trump certainly isn't helping, but it's a number of factors put together. Moore's Law is slowing, and one effect of that is that manufacturing existing tech isn't getting cheaper either.

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Don't worry, they are getting relatively cheaper as inflation is a problem. Unfortunately they are also getting more expensive as wages aren't keeping up with inflation.

Plus tariffs. Plus moores law ended. Plus profiteering. Plus dwindling competition. Plus entry to market costs are too high. Thank you gods for the steam deck. It should correct a lot of those problems. Especially if the platform becomes an os and not just a product.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

TBH, with the death of Moore's law we might see competition shoot back up in a few years as smaller players get a chance to catch up

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 2 points 7 hours ago

And as processing doesn't keep increasing, perhaps coding will have to become more efficient so older or cheaper devices will also be useful.

Currently there is little incentive toake code efficient if speed will double anyway over time.